[PHOTOS & VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] According to early reports based on a preliminary investigation in Um Chiran, the Bedouin village were the vehicular ramming attack occurred earlier,  the terrorist who tried to ram into border police was employed in the local education system. He was shot and killed. He was affiliated with the Southern Branch of the Israel Islamic Association as well as ISIS and police are not ruling out that this attack was carried out in the name of ISIS.

Two people other than the terrorist were killed in the attack. A gag order prohibits releasing additional details. A number of wounded were transported to the emergency room of Soroka Medical Center in Beersheva, both civilians and security personnel. One of the wounded is Arab MK Ayman Odeh.

Hundreds of security forces arrived shortly before sunrise to protect officials who were planning to execute demolition orders on many illegal structures built in the Bedouin community. At this time a tense quiet prevails following bouts of clashes between residents and police.

The village has been the subject of High Court intervention as the dispute has been ongoing for about a decade. Um el-Chiran is not ‘recognized’ by the state and Jews wanted to build in the area while the Bedouin community has objected. Ultimately, the High Court ruled against the village and security officials arrived to protect agents armed with court orders to destroy the illegal structures.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)